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By Sant Kirpal Singh

Mahatmas (great souls) are not made in one day. Rome was not built in a day. Man is in the make. You must not be sceptic about your inner progress as it is beyond the ken or human comprehension to gauge the inner growth. The divine love of the Master is just a spark of flame which reduces everything to ashes in good time. In the Gurbani it is written that purity of thoughts and perseverance are needed. Do you want to become something worthwhile or don’t you? Hearing such words, an interested is awakened, but the work cannot be accomplished in one day. A child, learning to read, reads a few lines and promptly forgets them. He must read them again and again, but after much struggling with learning, he one day may be able to write a book. Every Saint has his past and every sinner a future. The people who are like us today can become something tomorrow. For this, true guidance is required from one who has seen, not anyone else.

The second requirement is implicit obedience to one's Guru. The Master's words are not just words alone but are the Master Himself! Added to this, perseverance is necessary. Those who are now better situated may have been like you some time back, or even worse off. They persevered and did the right thing. It gave them strength and power. You can do likewise. It is just a matter of starting anew. Start right now! The Master is anxious to see you progress. He wants His initiates to rise to sublime heights and have their bowls filled to the brim with the nectar of God-consciousness. Seek only that company which is helpful to you. Discard all others lovingly and unprovokingly. You will surely make progress. But remember one thing: Rome was not built in a day. It required a huge effort in toil from hundreds and thousands of people for a very long time.

Your discipline may have to be as severe but you cannot have what you want so easily. You must work for it. But be sure that with a little work you will get better results. The Master wants you all to develop love and humility. These must be lived with tolerance. Spiritual science is very definite, and whoever, even the vilest of the vile, follows it, is changed for the better. If some people who have been put on the way are not changed for the better, it is purely their own fault and not that the science is wrong.

This is the most perfect way given out by all Masters who came in the past. Our day to day life should be a living testimony of what we profess. This is the long and the short of the whole thing. Everyone must learn it and the sooner the better. It is better to see one's own faults and try to remove them than to pick holes in others.